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The most frequent purpose for which a classroom teacher uses a test is to measure learners’ ability within a classroom lesson, a unit, or even an entire curriculum.
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Their aim is to test global competence in a language. They are not limited to any one course, curriculum, or single skill in the language; rather, they test overall ability.
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Its purpose is to identify aspects of a language that a student needs to develop or that a course should include.
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Its purpose is to place a student into a particular level or section of a language curriculum or school.
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This test is designed to measure capacity or general ability to learn a foreign language a priori (before taking a course) and ultimate predicted success in that undertaking.
